http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/05/at-merck-some-layoffs-are-made-by-powerpoint/ News, Comment and Conversation Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:42:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/05/at-merck-some-layoffs-are-made-by-powerpoint/#comment-357698 Cesar Sanchez Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.pharmalot.com/?p=13538#comment-357698 The PowerPoint part of the story is pathetic, but could be just a funny anecdote if not for its meaning: the end of (another) natural research facility in big pharma. I'm looking forward to the massive application of new high-throughput technologies (for sample analysis and processing, for genetic engineering of microbes and plants...) -- it might result in the so-much-needed acceleration of drug discovery from natural products. The PowerPoint part of the story is pathetic, but could be just a funny anecdote if not for its meaning: the end of (another) natural research facility in big pharma. I’m looking forward to the massive application of new high-throughput technologies (for sample analysis and processing, for genetic engineering of microbes and plants…) — it might result in the so-much-needed acceleration of drug discovery from natural products.

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